Background
Cromartie, William James was born on May 19, 1913 in Garland, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Samuel and Mary Blanche (Jester) Cromartie.
Cromartie, William James was born on May 19, 1913 in Garland, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Samuel and Mary Blanche (Jester) Cromartie.
Student, Presbyterian Junior College, 1929-1930; student, University North Carolina, 1931; student, University Alabama, 1931-1933; Doctor of Medicine, Emory University, 1937.
Intern, Emory University division Grady Hospital, Atlanta, 1937-1938; resident, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, 1938-1940; instructor pathology, Vanderbilt University, 1939-1941; assistant, professor bacteriology and medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1949-1950; associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1950-1951; associate professor bacteriology and medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1951-1959; chief division infectious diseases, department medicine, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1952-1965; chief of staff, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1967-1972; professor microbiology-immunology-medicine, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1959-1985; professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1985. Member of advisory panel microbiology Office Naval Research, Washington, 1950-1955;member National Board Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, 1966-1968. Member infectious disease advising committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1971-1975.
Member board governors Capital Health Planning Agency, Durham, North Carolina. Member executive committee Regional Medical Program North Carolina, 1972-1976. Member intelligence mission investigating German research on biological warfare.
Major United States Army, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Academy Microbiology (chairman board governors 1974-1975). Member Society of America Microbiologists (member council 1974-1975), American Association Pathologists, Infectious Disease Society of America, University North Carolina Medical Alumni Association (Distinguished Faculty award 1983, Distinguished Service award 1989).
Married Josephine Colter Rule, November 19, 1945. Children: William James, Robert Colter, Mary Blanche, John Benjamin, Martha Anne.